Zhang Tianlun, Kang Luo, Zong Sibo: there were eight hundred schemes in every one of them.

On the surface all was calm. Underneath, the currents had long been churning.

Right now Kang Luo and Kang Xiao were weighing their options. Should they send men to rescue Zong Sibo's child and use the boy to blackmail Zong Sibo? Or should they simply kill the child, so that Zhang Tianlun and Zong Sibo turned on each other for good, a feud only death could end?

Zong Sibo, sensing the danger, had started scheming too. He wanted to get his son out of Zhang Tianlun's hands.

As for Zhang Tianlun, he hadn't noticed the danger yet. Pleased with himself for having Kang Luo under his thumb, he sat in high spirits watching the singing and dancing.

While Xiangzhou seethed with feuds open and hidden, Ning Chen and his army had reached the Gaoli Kingdom's Wangyue City with the loot.

To his surprise, it wasn't Jin Dongxing who came out to meet him, but Gaoli's Third Prince, Jin Tiancheng, and Wangyue City's garrison commander, Lu Jingfu.

Jin Dongxing had been urgently recalled to the Gaoli capital a while back.

Jin Tiancheng and Lu Jingfu were extremely warm. Ning Chen had meant to keep going, but the two of them pressed him hard to stay, asking for the chance to play host.

On someone else's ground, Ning Chen couldn't very well refuse outright.

Besides, with this much loot along, he didn't want to stir up any trouble.

Once the army had made camp, Ning Chen immediately called Yuan Long and the others in.

Inside the tent, Ning Chen told Qin Qiao, "Send out every scout we have. Make absolutely sure the loot is safe."

Qin Qiao bowed. "This officer obeys!"

He knew it too: this was another nation's territory. They needed eyes in the backs of their heads and had to be extra careful about everything.

With this much loot, never mind one man, a whole nation would go green with envy at the sight of it.

Ning Chen turned to Lei An. "Have the…